Comic Title: Animal Man #6
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: Holiday 1988
On Sale Date: October 25, 1988 Shipping Date October 25, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #9

Direct Market Date October 27, 1988
Source: Comic Shop News, #72

Shipping Date October 27, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #151

Copyright Date November 1, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "Birds of Prey"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Animal Man (Post-Crisis)

Crossover Event:
Invasion

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Chas Truog
Inker: Doug Hazlewood
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Animal Man TPB (1991)
Animal Man Omnibus HC (2013)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 HC (2019)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison Vol. 1 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (last appearance in Animal Man #5; next appearance in Animal Man #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Roger Denning (last appearance in Animal Man #1; next appearance in Animal Man #17)

Villain(s)

• Rokara Soh (a Thanagarian artist; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Skalla Kol (a Thanagarian warrior; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several Thanagarians (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Justice League International #22; next appearance in Invasion #2)

Other Character(s)

• Rokara Soh's father (in flashback; no further appearances)

Comments:
This issue is labeled as an Invasion First Strike Extra.

Synopsis:
The alien alliance begins its invasion of Earth. One Thanagarian artist is sent to California to act as a martyr. He will detonate a bomb on a fault line in order to trigger a massive earthquake. Animal Man sees his ship land. When he investigates, he is attacked by a female warrior. Animal Man rips off her wings and she is killed upon impact after falling out of the sky. Animal Man then tries to deactivate the bomb, but he cannot. The bomb emanates telepathic images from the martyr's life which further confuse and panic the hero. Just as the bomb is about to detonate, Hawkman arrives and turns it off.